They say that 83% of all statistics are lies. Think about that for a second.

One of the largest things media outlets use to back their claims are
statistics. It is absolutely incredible how many times a media outlet will quote a
statistic and not credit where it came from. Further, they are fond of
taking creative liberty with how they quote the article to suit their needs.

These statistics cover damage to systems, percentage of intrusions, virus infections and
everything else related to security. There are simply too many instances of suspect
statistics as they relate to the computer security industry to read,
match and provide analysis of them all. Most of the statistics here are
simply referenced and left to the keen reader to draw their own
conclusions. Analysis may be provided for articles and reports that are
widely quoted or otherwise interesting. Use the feedback link at the
bottom of the page if you wish to recommend an article or report for
analysis, please include why you feel this article is
important.

Due to the number of articles with statistics and the time drain in trying
to analyze them, this page only serves as a very primitive repository for
quotes and statistics about security. It is intended to be used by utilizing
the 'find' feature in your web browser while viewing the Statistics or Archive pages. As time permits, we will try to
lump similar statistics together.

Archived Statistics

This archive is an exact duplicate of the statistics page until
7/01/05, it was decided to leave the archive as it was because
anyone needing data out of the archive would already be familiar
with the old lay out.